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v/a - freedom, rhythm & sound, revolutionary art and the civil rights movement 1963-82 - soul jazz records - cd

Genre: Jazz - Spiritual / Cosmic & Soul Jazz

1. Oliver Lake - Africa
2. Stanton Davis Ghetto/ Mysticism - Space-a-Nova
3. Steve Colson and the Unity Troupe - Lateen
4. Mary Lou Williams - Miss D.D.
5. Joe Henderson - Foregone Conclusion
6. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Old Time Religion
7. Philip Cohran - The African Look
8. Gary Bartz - Drinking Song
9. Pheeroan Ak Laff - 3 in 1
10. The Hastings Street Jazz Experience - Yes Lord
11. Gato Barbieri and Dollar Brand - Eighty First Street
12. Ralph Thomas - Big Spliff
13. Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
14. Horace Tapscott - Peyote Song No. III
15. Sun Ra - Nuclear War
16. Joe McPhee and John Snyder - Shadow Sculptures
17. Errol Parker - Street Ends
18. Amina Claudine Myers - 3/4s of 4/4
19. The Pharaohs - Freedom Road
20. Edward Larry Gordon - All Pervading
21. Michael White - The Blessing Song
22. Roy Brooks and the Artistic Truth - Black Survival
23. The Lloyd McNeill Quartet - Dig Where Dats At

This album features the work of revolutionary jazz artists who created new radical music infused with the values of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Self-determination, economic power and musical freedoms explode as the avant-garde collided with Black Power and Afro-centricity. Recommended!!

Released to coincide with the new book by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker on Soul Jazz Records, this album is jam-packed with super rare, deep jazz from artists many of which all feature heavily in the new book. These include Mary Lou Williams, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra, Phil Cohran and many more.

The CD comes with a new essay and some amazing photos relating jazz music to civil rights and the important events that shaped African-American consciousness from the 1960s onwards. The vinyl comes on two super-loud, super-heavy double-album volumes.